--- title: Fordway Blog | enterprise cloud description: enterprise cloud | Fordway Blog on public, private and hybrid cloud, security, governance and all things IT --- T. 01483 528 200 [How can we help?](https://www.fordway.com/contact-us) [Contact us](https://www.fordway.com/contact-us) [![fordway-logo](https://www.fordway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fordway-logo.png "fordway-logo")](https://www.fordway.com/) - [Home](https://www.fordway.com) - [Insights](https://www.fordway.com/insights/blog) - [Cloud Services](https://www.fordway.com/services/cloud) # Fordway Blog [![](https://blog.fordway.com/hubfs/Blog%20images/911.jpg)](https://blog.fordway.com/you-cant-put-a-10-year-old-engine-into-a-new-car-without-some-reengineering) ## [You can’t put a 10 year old engine into a new car without some reengineering](https://blog.fordway.com/you-cant-put-a-10-year-old-engine-into-a-new-car-without-some-reengineering) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Dec 9, 2020 2:03:18 PM / by [Charles Dada](https://blog.fordway.com/author/charles-dada) posted in [Cloud Shock](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud-shock), [cloud first](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud-first), [enterprise cloud](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/enterprise-cloud), [Cloud migration](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud-migration), [Azure](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/azure) One of the questions I’m often asked is: “how easy is it to move to public cloud?” There’s only one answer: it depends. Unless we understand exactly what an organisation’s objectives are, and what  systems and applications it has (and some organisations don’t know this themselves) it’s impossible to give a definite answer. There are too many variables and dependencies that can affect the end result. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.fordway.com/you-cant-put-a-10-year-old-engine-into-a-new-car-without-some-reengineering) [![](https://blog.fordway.com/hubfs/blog-finance.gif)](https://blog.fordway.com/zero-trust-for-the-finance-sector) ## [Using zero trust to secure the finance sector](https://blog.fordway.com/zero-trust-for-the-finance-sector) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Dec 2, 2020 3:14:54 PM / by [Ashley Denness](https://blog.fordway.com/author/ashley-denness) posted in [Security](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/security), [enterprise cloud](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/enterprise-cloud) During the pandemic the traditionally office-based finance sector has quickly adapted to remote working – and now many employees may not be returning to the office for some time, if at all. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.fordway.com/zero-trust-for-the-finance-sector) [![](https://blog.fordway.com/hubfs/migration-1.jpg)](https://blog.fordway.com/successful-migration-to-azure) ## [Successful Migration to Azure](https://blog.fordway.com/successful-migration-to-azure) \[fa icon="calendar'\] May 13, 2019 3:09:12 PM / by [Caroline Houlden](https://blog.fordway.com/author/caroline-houlden) posted in [Insider](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/insider), [Cloud](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud), [enterprise cloud](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/enterprise-cloud), [IT Transformation](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/it-transformation), [Cloud migration](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud-migration), [Azure](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/azure) Azure can bring the benefits of productivity, agility and decreased costs to your organisation, but like many things, realising the dream relies upon the preparation before you take the leap. Learn how to rehost and refactor for the cloud. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.fordway.com/successful-migration-to-azure) [![](https://blog.fordway.com/hubfs/fasten-seat-belt-sign-1-2.jpg)](https://blog.fordway.com/do-we-still-need-backups) ## [Do we still need backups?](https://blog.fordway.com/do-we-still-need-backups) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Feb 28, 2019 9:03:10 AM / by [Drew Markham](https://blog.fordway.com/author/drew-markham) posted in [Disaster Recovery](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/disaster-recovery), [cloud first](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud-first), [enterprise cloud](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/enterprise-cloud) Backups are a business essential. They give us the reassurance that, if one day something goes badly wrong, we’ll have our critical business information backed up and ready to retrieve. But they take a lot of time and resource. That’s partly because data size and composition of varying formats keeps increasing; plus, in spite of deduplication, a lot of legacy data remains, especially on old media where it’s not easily recoverable. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.fordway.com/do-we-still-need-backups) [![](https://blog.fordway.com/hubfs/cloud%20needs.png)](https://blog.fordway.com/fordway-customers-cloud-challenges-needs) ## [Fordway Customers: Cloud Challenges & Needs](https://blog.fordway.com/fordway-customers-cloud-challenges-needs) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Nov 23, 2018 4:25:37 PM / by [Caroline Houlden](https://blog.fordway.com/author/caroline-houlden) posted in [enterprise cloud](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/enterprise-cloud), [Cloud migration](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud-migration) As an IT Services and Cloud Consultancy for medium to large enterprises in all sectors, we are aware that moving to cloud isn’t a simple choice, especially in the public sector and NHS which have their own issues. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.fordway.com/fordway-customers-cloud-challenges-needs) [![](https://blog.fordway.com/hubfs/cloud%20myths.jpg)](https://blog.fordway.com/some-popular-cloud-myths-deconstructed) ## [Some popular cloud myths deconstructed](https://blog.fordway.com/some-popular-cloud-myths-deconstructed) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Aug 30, 2018 5:30:23 PM / by [Caroline Houlden](https://blog.fordway.com/author/caroline-houlden) posted in [Cloud](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud), [enterprise cloud](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/enterprise-cloud), [tactical](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/tactical) **There are a number of myths which have sprung up around cloud which need to be addressed.** [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.fordway.com/some-popular-cloud-myths-deconstructed) [![](https://blog.fordway.com/hubfs/questions.jpg)](https://blog.fordway.com/managed-cloud) ## [What’s the point of managed cloud?](https://blog.fordway.com/managed-cloud) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Nov 2, 2017 3:06:49 PM / by [Caroline Houlden](https://blog.fordway.com/author/caroline-houlden) posted in [managed cloud](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/managed-cloud), [Fordway Managed Services](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/fordway-managed-services), [Cloud Shock](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud-shock), [enterprise cloud](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/enterprise-cloud) We’re all now familiar with the benefits of cloud computing: limitless capacity, almost total flexibility and increased efficiency, as well as transferring costs from Capex to Opex. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.fordway.com/managed-cloud) [![](https://blog.fordway.com/hubfs/Blog%20images/cloud%20trends.jpg)](https://blog.fordway.com/the-top-10-cloud-trends-you-should-know-about) ## [10 cloud trends you should know about](https://blog.fordway.com/the-top-10-cloud-trends-you-should-know-about) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Aug 10, 2017 3:39:40 PM / by [Caroline Houlden](https://blog.fordway.com/author/caroline-houlden) posted in [Cloud](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud), [cloud intermediation](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud-intermediation), [enterprise cloud](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/enterprise-cloud), [hyperconvergence](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/hyperconvergence), [Cloud Monitoring](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud-monitoring), [Cloud Security](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud-security) For most organisations the question is no longer whether to adopt cloud but when and what services to move, while early adopters should be reviewing their portfolio to make sure they are getting best value. For both groups, these are the key trends to look out for. 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